The young man continued to guide the increasingly bewildered girl through the snow, recounting one after another of the countless small events in Seraphina's life, from her birth to the present. Some were so minor that even she had forgotten them.
"At nine, during winter, you had a snowball fight here with Rhiannon and a few others. You made two boys cry, Rhiannon laughed all the way back, and they stopped having snowball fights with you after that winter."
"At ten, during summer, you and Marlina secretly swam in the lake over there and were caught by your Uncle Ralph. You two were severely scolded after being brought home."
"At ten, during winter, you brought back a huge wild boar, shouting joyfully and attracting the entire village. You should still have its tusks in your room as a memento, right?"
"At twelve, in spring, you were about to go to Frost Tower for school, and the entire village saw you off."